Why are colds so debilitating? Got up this morning with a slight tickle in my throat, went to work, three hours later was back home and in bed. Blurg. Feeling like death warmed up. But obviously my absence from the office was inconsequential because I got a message...

Well this is exciting – on Monday I am starting at Launceston Church Grammar School as Marketing and Events Officer, two days a week. Hurrah! Regular money! Working with nice people! And I still get to do my freelance and volunteering stuff, but it won’t...

I dropped Karen off at the airport this morning, bringing to a close our inaugural writing retreat. I say inaugural – although we didn’t discuss doing it again, I reckon we should! As I mentioned in my last post, we chatted each day about what we’d...

Our writing retreat is on day three! We’re having a rather good time, although I must say I have to fight off the urge to procrastinate/sleep, but what else is new? If you’d like to hear us chat about what we’re working on and our creative processes...

Thank you for your prayers and kind comments on my post the other day. I can feel the needle on my mood-o-meter starting to tip back towards positive, which is a much better place to be. I still have this weird anxiety nibbling at my edges, but am taking lots of deep...

I was out every night except Tuesday last week. To most of you that probably won’t seem like much, but honestly, I’m such a homebody these days and I have also learned how to manage my energy levels (mostly) that it’s rare I’ll be out more than...